Ancient Egyptian literature : a book of readings, Volume I, The Old and Middle Kingdoms

The Resource Ancient Egyptian literature : a book of readings, Volume I, The Old and Middle Kingdoms

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Ancient Egyptian literature : a book of readings, Volume I, The Old and Middle Kingdoms

Title remainder

a book of readings

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Volume I

Title part

The Old and Middle Kingdoms

Statement of responsibility

[selected and translated] by Miriam Lichtheim ; with a new foreword by Antonio Loprieno

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Old and Middle Kingdoms

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Summary

First published in 1973 - and followed by Volume II in 1976 and Volume III in 1980 - this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world's earliest civilizations. Volume I outlines the early and gradual evolution of Egyptian literary genres, including biographical and historical inscriptions carved on stone, the various classes of literary works written with pen on papyrus, and the mortuary literature that focuses on life after death. Introduced with a new foreword by Antonio Loprieno

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E7B

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non fiction

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dictionaries
bibliography

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